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GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and venture capital directory.

Ex-Microsoft exec launches Indix to help product managers make data-driven decisions

It’s been two years since we first spotted Sanjay Parthasarathy’s startup. Now, the former Microsoft vice president is ready to unveil what… Read More

Silicon Valley startup guru Adeo Ressi wants to hear your best pitch: Join the GeekWire founder hotseat this Thursday

Think you’ve got a great startup idea or pitch? Want to get live feedback from a startup expert whose done… Read More

Tech Moves: Cheezburger hires a new funny man; Demand Media CEO resigns; Apptio taps sales pro; etc.

—Cheezburger continues to layer on all sorts of new executive toppings as the Seattle online humor network looks to reposition… Read More

ValueAppeal shuts down property tax appeal service, changes focus to ‘MoneyBall’ for real estate agents

The other day, I was talking to my brother about the high property taxes he pays on his Seattle home.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Codementor offers real-time, screen-sharing coding support for developers

Imagine, for a second, that you’re a developer working hard on a big project. But inhibiting progress is that pesky,… Read More

No, you don’t have to sleep 4 hours and eat once per day to be a successful entrepreneur

Dan Price didn’t have the most healthy lifestyle during his first few years starting Gravity Payments. Price, our 2013 Young… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Blue Box unpacks $1.5M in new funding

Blue Box, the Seattle cloud and hosting startup led by entrepreneur Jesse Proudman, has raised an additional $1.5 million in… Read More

The Seattle 10: How to get your world-changing business idea on a giant cocktail napkin at Seattle’s history museum

Oh, the wonderful cocktail napkin. Yes, it’s perfect for wiping up mini-messes at the bar, or keeping drink condensation to… Read More

CEO Swap: How trading jobs for one week helped these founders become better leaders, and people

Life returns to normal for Wil Reynolds and Rand Fishkin today. Last week, though, was far from regular. The two… Read More

Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian cracks the startup code in ‘Without Their Permission’

[Editor’s Note: GeekWire’s Todd Bishop will be talking with reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian about his book, “Without Their Permission,” tonight at 7:30… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Perfect helps you edit, share videos filmed with Google Glass

If Google Glass becomes more popular, people will likely be recording more video than they do today with just smartphones… Read More

Nextcast Q&A: LiquidPlanner CEO Liz Pearce on catching the startup bug and why she really can’t tolerate ‘ostriches’

How do you go from a part-time consulting gig to CEO of a 35-person company in seven years? Liz Pearce… Read More

Will AngelList help or hurt startup fundraising?

The fall of 2013 will be looked at as the turning point in fundraising for early-stage startups. The JOBS Act… Read More

Early-bird prices end today for Startup Day: Moz CEO Rand Fishkin, Glympse CEO Bryan Trussel added to lineup

OK, folks, as they say: “If you snooze, you lose.” Early-bird prices end later today for our big Startup Day… Read More

Live: Watch Demo Day presentations, meet the 7 new Portland Incubator Experiment startups

Three months of hard work, lots of caffeine and some pivoting culminate today in the Rose City as the seven… Read More

Comr.se raises $780K to help brands sell products within social streams

Shopping cart technology isn’t exactly the newest innovation around. But one young Seattle startup seems to have struck the right… Read More

Zillow chairman Rich Barton to headline entrepreneurship summit in Kuala Lumpur

The Fourth Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur is taking on a distinctive Seattle feel. Not in the weather,… Read More

President Obama pledges support for global startup efforts, taps UP Global to help support 500,000 new entrepreneurs by 2016

The government may be shut down. But you can’t extinguish the entrepreneurial fire that easy. In video remarks at the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Shippable helps developers speed up software deployment

After more than a decade working in various roles at Microsoft and a few years with a startup, Avi Cavale… Read More

DogVacay looks to be top breed in pet boarding, laps up $15M to bite back at Rover.com

It’s turning into an epic dog fight. DogVacay today announced that it has secured $15 million in fresh funding, money… Read More

Popular photo app Familiar shutting down after Evidence.com acquisition

It is a bittersweet day for the folks behind Familiar. The Seattle startup, which built the “21st century photo frame,”… Read More

VC deal activity hits highest mark since dot-com boom

It may feel a little frothy out there in startup land. And a new report out from CB Insights shows… Read More

Dawn Lepore and others added to Startup Day lineup, early-bird rates expire Friday

Do you want to get inspired by some of the region’s top entrepreneurial thinkers, innovators and doers? Of course, you… Read More

Solavei signs up 250,000 members and expands into new areas: Company now on $67M revenue run rate

It’s been just one year since Solavei emerged on the scene with a referral-based marketing approach for selling cellular service,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Designlab teaches you web design skills with interactive lessons, in-browser tools

As more and more people create products on the web — from blogs to websites to apps — knowing how… Read More

Jobaline closes series A funding round, processes 150,000 job applications

Kirkland startup Jobaline has closed out its series A funding round, with an additional $2.8 million in funding from Madrona… Read More

Seattle startups scramble for office space as TechDwellers gives them the boot: Tech incubator to close doors

GeoRiot founder Jesse Lakes was excited to secure his company’s first office space earlier this year, picking the TechDwellers incubator in… Read More

iSpot.tv raises $5M, looks to provide better advertising insights by analyzing 35,000 TV commercials

Sean Muller didn’t have to raise cash for his fast-growing Seattle area startup iSpot.tv. After all, the 15-person company —… Read More

Parallax meets puzzles: How this startup embraced iOS 7

People who solve selected puzzles in the newly revamped Puzzazz app for iPad and iPhone will get a little visual… Read More

BuddyTV raises $1.5M, set to debut new TV discovery app

Gearing up to launch a brand new TV discovery app, Seattle-based BuddyTV has raised $1.5 million. BuddyTV was founded in… Read More

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